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diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
index 0a69810147..93708aefea 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ Automating
the value of `sendemail.identity`.
--[no-]signed-off-by-cc::
- If this is set, add emails found in Signed-off-by: or Cc: lines to the
+ If this is set, add emails found in the `Signed-off-by` trailer or Cc: lines to the
cc list. Default is the value of `sendemail.signedoffbycc` configuration
value; if that is unspecified, default to --signed-off-by-cc.
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ Automating
except for self (use 'self' for that).
- 'bodycc' will avoid including anyone mentioned in Cc lines in the
patch body (commit message) except for self (use 'self' for that).
-- 'sob' will avoid including anyone mentioned in Signed-off-by lines except
+- 'sob' will avoid including anyone mentioned in the Signed-off-by trailers except
for self (use 'self' for that).
- 'misc-by' will avoid including anyone mentioned in Acked-by,
Reviewed-by, Tested-by and other "-by" lines in the patch body,
@@ -494,10 +494,14 @@ edit ~/.gitconfig to specify your account settings:
smtpServerPort = 587
----
-If you have multifactor authentication setup on your gmail account, you will
+If you have multi-factor authentication set up on your Gmail account, you will
need to generate an app-specific password for use with 'git send-email'. Visit
https://security.google.com/settings/security/apppasswords to create it.
+If you do not have multi-factor authentication set up on your Gmail account,
+you will need to allow less secure app access. Visit
+https://myaccount.google.com/lesssecureapps to enable it.
+
Once your commits are ready to be sent to the mailing list, run the
following commands: